As our technical society becomes more digital, modern engineering students must balance complex theory in lecture courses with an opportunity to realize creativity in a real-world fabrication space.
The Engineering Innovation Studio (EIS) in the College of Engineering at Boise State University is home to an engineering education with essential experiential learning through state-of-the-art equipment, software, and trained personnel to guide students in career skill building.
Discover Your Passion
Hear from engineering, construction management, and computer science majors on how the Engineering Innovation Studio has impacted their time as a College of Engineering student.
Student Preparedness
The EIS located in the Harry Morrison Civil Engineering Building (HML) is open to COEN students, faculty, and staff to work on course, club, research, and other school-related design projects. Academic and research projects will be given priority over others to ensure student success.
Students utilizing the EIS work through various training levels, known as “tags” to receive access to equipment, tools, and different resources. The studio features four tag levels:
- White– Allows access to hand tools, 3D printers, laser-cutter, paint booth, and workstations
- Blue– Allows access to general fabrication tools (drill presses, bandsaws, etc.)
- Green– Allows access to welders and plasma cutters
- Orange– Allows access to mills, lathes, etc.
- Purple– Allows access to 3-axis CNC mill programming and operations
- Pink– Allows access to CNC lathe programming and operations